"Cuthbert Gurdlestone" <chgurdlestone1154@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:43286CA1.7000104@earthlink.net...> Tell me, how bad a frame hit do you take? And do you take it all the > time, or just in a flashing disco with thirty sweaty, dancing sims? ;-)>> Does having other bits of the neighborhood outside your house impact > frames at all?>> Thx.>> -- > --Cuth

I ordered a ATI Radeon 9800 PRO just because I thought Nightlife would be a good excuse to get it. My 9550 works fine with Uni, but I'm building my own DVR (digital video recorder) and decided that I should upgrade my video card for Nightlife, and retire my 9550 to a life to a life of TV in another computer. The 9550 is more than adequate for regular TV. I use it with my video editing.

My game should (should) arrive today or tomorrow, and I'll know just how much a drag on my system it is. My new video card doesn't arrive until Friday. I may not notice any improvement, but I was going to have to get a new video card anyway, so I thought it would be a great excuse.

"Cuthbert Gurdlestone" <chgurdlestone1154@earthlink.net> wrote in messagenews:43286CA1.7000104@earthlink.net...> Tell me, how bad a frame hit do you take? And do you take it all the> time, or just in a flashing disco with thirty sweaty, dancing sims? ;-)>> Does having other bits of the neighborhood outside your house impact> frames at all?>> Thx.> I don't exactly know what you mean but the game slows down a bit in placeswith flashing lights like in discos or where there are many people likebowling alleys.As for the neighborhood,it doesn't change a thing.Anyway,just seeing the neighborhood is something in itself...> --> --Cuth>

Bathtub wrote:> "Cuthbert Gurdlestone" <chgurdlestone1154@earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:43286CA1.7000104@earthlink.net...> >>Tell me, how bad a frame hit do you take? And do you take it all the >>time, or just in a flashing disco with thirty sweaty, dancing sims? ;-)>>>>Does having other bits of the neighborhood outside your house impact >>frames at all?>>>>Thx.>>>>-- >>--Cuth> > > I ordered a ATI Radeon 9800 PRO just because I thought Nightlife would be a > good excuse to get it.

Well, that's the card I already have. Good card. But the game is getting to the point where it can tax even fairly good equipment. At some point I will upgrade--I can now get a computer that's twice as powerful as mine for half what I paid three years ago--but don't have the time or the funds to go serious computer shopping at the moment.